Malcolm Jenkins Quotes

To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible.

I've always tried to vote my conscience.

Voting has not been tough for me, for the most part, because there's guideposts about what will bring about the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

People say, 'If you don't vote, then you don't have a right to say anything. But nine times outta 10, I pay more taxes than they do - so even if I don't vote, I still have the right to speak out.

At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the right to vote comes with a responsibility to society, through tax payments and citizenship.

I believe that people who do not vote in this country have no right to complain about the government that we are now living under. By the same token, if you don't really vote in television, you're never going to have your way. Write a letter to the president of the network.

I don't feel responsible for things I didn't vote for.

Women risked their lives for the right to vote. When I hear people say, 'Oh, I'm not gonna vote,' I just wanna tear their heart out.

You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.

Of course voting is useful. But then again, I don't put a big glow to it. Voting is about as essential as washing yourself. It's something you're supposed to do. Now, you can't go around bragging, expecting to get props because you voted. That's stupid.

The democratic process is only as great as the people who participate in it.

It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go forward sure of your sacred right of free opinion, sure of your patriotism.

But no, I'm not political. My obligation is to pull the lever and elect somebody who's going to make life a little better for everybody, especially those who don't have as much good fortune as others.

It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.

Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world.

Well, I couldn't do the day-to-day stuff of being a politician or anything, but I just think everybody should have an opinion and everybody should vote, and that's what we're built on.

God has called us to be His representatives in our nation and in our world. Select candidates who represent your views and work for their election.

I don't follow politics; it doesn't interest me. So why should I vote?

Here's to democracy. May we get the government we deserve.

To me, it's not necessarily about whom you vote for, it's more about the fact that you go out and exercise that right. There's a lot of people who fight for our right to vote and people in other countries fighting for other peoples' right to vote and I think everyone should exercise that vote.

The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible.

Vote: The instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

They could not listen to my on such a dry subject as the welfare of the nation until they had had something to drink.

People vote for their dreams and fears.